PS4 more anticipated than iPhone5, Galaxy S4, and all other devices

[jsteinhauer]

What it reflects is that gamers (GameStop customers) are not anticipating the next best mobile or alternative gaming device, they are are anticipating the next best gaming console. I. e., mobile gaming on phones, tablets, etc., is not an imminent threat to console gaming.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

What it reflects is that gamers (GameStop customers) are not anticipating the next best mobile or alternative gaming device, they are are anticipating the next best gaming console. I. e., mobile gaming on phones, tablets, etc., is not an imminent threat to console gaming.

Been saying this for a long time. I never understood the idea that mobile and tablet gaming is some kind of imminent threat to consolse. It's two COMPLETELY different markets! No one buys consoles and 50" plasmas to play Angry Birds and Temple Run! It's no more of a threat to consoles than the Gameboy, DS, or PSP was. Everyone is citing the increase in tablet sales over the last couple of years and the drop in console sales in the video game industry. Yet no one seems to consider the following...

1.) Between the Wii, PS3,and 360 around 250 MILLION consoles have been sold this generation! That's the most total consoles sold EVER in any generation! How many tablets have been sold??

2.) Home consoles go in cycles! This generation has run almost 3 years beyond the normal cycle of console generations and the truth is, consoles from this generation have reached critical mass. The market is saturated and pretty much everyone that wants a console HAS one!

If you ask me, tablet panic is exactly why Nintendo thought it was a good idea to design that ridiculous controller/tablet for the Wii U that does not perform particularly well as a controller OR a tablet!

[JavaJulien]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

It's no more of a threat to consoles than the Gameboy, DS, or PSP was. Everyone is citing the increase in tablet sales over the last couple of years and the drop in console sales in the video game industry. Yet no one seems to consider the following...

Ironically, I'd say if they're a threat to anything, it's handheld gaming that's taking the biggest hit from the mobile market.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by JavaJulien

Ironically, I'd say if they're a threat to anything, it's handheld gaming that's taking the biggest hit from the mobile market.

GREAT point! I never really thought of that but you're right!

[xtop]

gamestop survey of gamestop customers says game console is most likely to be bought over other stuff gamestop doesn't sell. water wet. sky blue. more news at 11

this is news?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by xtop

gamestop survey of gamestop customers says game console is most likely to be bought over other stuff gamestop doesn't sell. water wet. sky blue. more news at 11

this is news?

Exactly what I thought